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ALABAMA 



Dipping Vats, Dips and Directions for Killing Cattle Ticks 
on Cattle may be found on the last pages. 



OPELIKA, ALA.: 
POST PUBLISHING COMPANY 
1912 



REGULATIONS 



ADOPTED BY THE 



Live Stock Sanitary Board 



AND 



The Live Stock Sanitary Law 



OF 



ALABAMA 



Dipping Vats, Dips and Directions for Killing Cattle Ticks' 
on Cattle may be found on the last pages. 



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LIVE STOCK SANITARY BOARD 

Commissioner R. F. Kolb, Chairman 
Prof. D. T. Gray. 

DR. C. A. CARY, Secretary and State Veterinarian 

All communications should be addressed to C. A. Cary, 
Auburn, Ala. 

SPECIAL NOTICE. — In no case does the state or county take 
the responsibility for accidents or losses in dipping, greasing or dis- 
infecting in any way or in driving to and from the vats or in 
^quarantining animals. No indemnity is paid for animals having 
glanders or any other infectious diseases. 



THE LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAW HELD CONSTI- 
TUTIONAL BY THE COURT OF APPEALS AND 
THE SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA. 

A decision on the constitutionality of the Acts of the Legislature 
establishing a State Live Stock Sanitary Board, which appears in 
the Code of Alabama, was rendered by Judge J. DeGraffenreid in 
the case of the State of Alabama vs. J. W. McCarty. This de- 
cision was reviewed and sustained by the Supreme Court of Ala- 
bama. 

NOV 29 >913 






REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE LIVE STOCK 
SANITARY BOARD OF ALABAMA. 



Regulation 1. Calls for inspection of live stock or investi- 
gation of infectious, contagious or communicable diseases of live 
stock should be sent directly to the State Veterinarian, C. A. 
Cary, Auburn, Ala. All requests for such work should be accom- 
panied by a short statement of the nature, the extent, and the 
exact location of the outbreak, and the name of the owner and the 
keeper of the animal or animals affected. 

Regulation 2. Quarantined cattle shall not be removed from 
the field, pasture, lot or enclosure in which they are quarantined, 
except by special permission in written or printed form given by 
the State Veterinarian, and countersigned by an assistant State 
Veterinarian or a State Live Stock Inspector. Assistant State 
Veterinarians and State Live Stock Inspectors shall issue in the 
name of the State Veterinarian written or printed quarantine 
notices to every party haying tick infested cattle in his or her 
possession or under his or her control. This is to apply only in 
counties or districts that have been officially quarantined for the 
purpose of eradicating cattle ticks. 

Regulation 3. No cattle shall be allowed to stray or be 
moved from any tick infested area or region into any area or 
region in the State in which the work of tick eradication is being 
conducted except by a written or printed permit issued by the 
State Veterinarian or an Assistant State Veterinarian or a State 
Live Stock Inspector ; and such movement shall be made as here - 
inafter provided: 

A. The cattle shall be free from cattle ticks (margaropus 
annulatus) ; shall be shipped only by rail or. boat and the ship- 
ping bill shall designate them as quarantined cattle and the cars 
shall bear placards on each side stating that said cars contain 
quarantined cattle. 

B. Cattle from the tick infested area or region may be shipped 
only to such places as may be designated by the State Veteri- 
narian. At the present time cattle may be received by car or boat 
at Montgomery for immediate slaughter, and such cattle shall 
be free of all cattle ticks. 



C. On arrival at Montgomery, or any other place of 
destination, said quarantined cattle shall be placed in pens marked 
"Quarantined Pens/' that are used only for that purpose; and 
cattle when once placed in said quarantined pens can be taken 
out of said quarantined pens only for immediate slaughter and 
for no other purpose, except by a written or printed permit issued 
by the State Veterinarian, an Assistant State Veterinarian, or a 
State Live Stock Inspector. 

Regulation 4. No person, company or corporation owning 
or having charge of any cattle in any quarantined area or region 
in which the work of tick eradication is being conducted, shall 
drive or permit any cattle to be driven, or to run at large, or to 
stray upon any public road, street, highway, common, range, open 
or unfenced place, or shall deliver any cattle for transportation, 
or receive for shipment any cattle without first having obtained a 
written or printed permit for the specified movement of the cattle 
from the State Veterinarian, or an Assistant State Veterinarian, 
or a State Live Stock Inspector. In no case shall tick infested 
cattle be driven or moved or permitted to stray or to run at large 
upon a public road, street, highway, common, range, or upon open 
and unfenced places. 

Regulation 5. No car or boat shall carry both infected and 
non-infected cattle on the same trip, and when a car or boat has 
carried infected cattle, it shall be cleaned and disinfected before 
carrying non-infected cattle, as follows : Remove all litter and 
manure. Wash the car or boat and feeding and watering troughs 
with water until clean. Saturate the entire interior surface of the 
car or boat, including the inner surface of the doors, with a 
mixture made of 1^ pounds of lime and ]/j\. pound of strong, 
concentrated carbolic acid to each gallon of water, or with a solu- 
tion made by dissolving 4 ounces of chloride of lime to each gallon 
of water, or any other disinfectant that is approved by the State 
Veterinarian. 

Regulation 6. The movement and disinfection of horses and 
mules in areas in which the work of tick eradication is being con- 
ducted, shall be regulated and controlled as may be deemed neces- 
sary by the Veterinarian or Inspector in charge. 

Regulation 7. The method and manner of cleaning infected 



animals and infected places of cattle ticks shall be prescribed by 
the State Veterinarian, the Assistant State Veterinarian, or State 
Live Stock Inspector in charge of tick eradication. 

GLANDERS. 

Regulation 8. (a) All cases of glanders shall be quaran- 
tined and kept continuously and completely isolated from non- 
infected mules, donkeys and horses. In no case shall glandered 
animals be taken upon the public highway, into public grounds, or 
be fed in public places, or given water at public fountains or 
troughs. 

(b) The carcass of a glandered animal shall be either burned 
or so buried that it will be at least four feet under the surface of 
the ground. Stalls, barns, troughs, lots, posts, harness, buckets 
and all places that may be infected with the germs of glanders 
siiall be thoroughly and completely disinfected according to the 
directions of the State Veterinarian, an assistant State Veteri- 
narian or a State Live Stock Inspector in charge. 

(c) Horses, mules and donkeys exposed to glanders may be 
quarantined for sufficient time to permit the infection to develop 
or to permit the State Veterinarian, an assistant State Veterina- 
rian or a Live Stock Inspector to test such animal or animals with 

mallein. 

TUBERCULOSIS. 

Regulation 9. (a) Tuberculous cattle must be reported to 
the State Veterinarian, and such cattle cannot be sold unless the 
seller notifies the buyer of the tuberculous infection of the animal 
or animals, (b) When such animals are slaughtered, it must be 
done at a city slaughter house under the supervision of a city 
inspector, and if slaughtered at other places, the owner or keeper 
must notify the State Veterinarian at least five days in advance, 
so that the State Veterinarian or an assistant State Veterinarian 
may be present and inspect the carcass and give full directions 
as to the disposal of the same, (c) Tuberculous cattle must be 
kept in strict quarantine or isolation. (d) The use of tuber- 
culous cows in dairies is strictly forbidden, (e) All cattle 
brought into Alabama for use in dairies and for breeding pur- 
poses shall be free from tuberculosis; and to determine which 



f act, they shall be tested with tuberculin before entering the State 
of Alabama. The health certificate that accompanies the freight 
or express bill must specifically state that such cattle have been 
tested with tuberculin and are free from tuberculosis. Alabama 
buyers of breeding cattle or cows for use in dairies, when pur- 
chasing them outside of Alabama should buy such cattle upon 
condition that they pass the tuberculin test. No tuberculin test 
is required for cattle under six months old; but calves from 
tuberculous cows are rejected. 

Regulation 9a. All cattle shipped into Alabama for feeding 
purposes shall be accompanied by an affidavit, made by the owner, 
in duplicate, one copy to be sent by the owner to the State Vet- 
erinarian, certifying that said cattle shall not be used for other 
purposes than for feeding or slaughter without first notifying the 
State Veterinarian, at least ten days in advance of the date when 
the owner desires to use said cattle for purposes other than for 
feeding or immediate slaughter. The State Veterinarian shall 
then direct how and when said cattle shall be tested with tuber- 
culin for tuberculosis, at the expense and risk of the owner or 
owners. During the time said cattle are being held for feeding 
or for slaughter and for testing with tuberculin they shall be kept 
separated from all dairy, beef or other breeding cattle. Said 
cattle shall not be removed from the isolated pen, lot, pasture or 
place to any other place in Alabama until after said cattle have 
been tested with tuberculin and found free from tuberculosis and 
a permit is obtained from the State Veterinarian to move said 
cattle. 

HOG CHOLERA. 

Regulation 10. Hogs infected with, or exposed to, hog chol- 
era or swine plague shall not run on ranges or commons; such 
hogs must be confined in strict quarantine. Carcasses of hogs that 
have died of cholera or swine plague must be sent to a rendering 
tank or must be deeply buried or completely burned. Hogs ex- 
posed to, or infected with, hog cholera or swine plague, must not 
be sold for breeding or feeding purposes. 

ANTHRAX. 
Regulation 11. Carcasses of all animals that die of anthrax 
in this State shall be completely burned. 



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Regulation Ha. Anthrax vaccine shall not be administered 
in any way to domestic animals until a positive bacteriological 
diagnosis has been made by the Bureau of Animal Industry, the 
State Veterinarian of Alabama, or some legally authorized 
bacteriologist. 

SCABIES IN SHEEP. 

Regulation 12. Sheep that are diseased with scabies shall ber 
held in strict quarantine until dipped twice, with an interval of 
ten or twelve days between the dippings. The following prepara- 
tions are approved for dipping: 

(a) All dips approved for sheep scab by the Bureau of Ani- 
mal Industry of the U. S. 

(b) The lime and sulphur dip may be made with 8 pounds 
of unslaked lime and 24 pounds of flowers of sulphur and 100 
gallons of water. The lime and sulphur should be boiled to- 
gether in 20 gallons of water for not less than 2 hours and all 
the sediment allowed to subside before being placed in the dip- 
ping vat. Then add sufficient water to make 100 gallons; never 
use the sediment. 

Regulation 13. Railroads, steamboats and all other trans- 
portation companies shall furnish a tabulated statement of the 
number of each kind of animals shipped into Alabama, the places 
to which they are shipped and the number and kind of animals 
shipped to each place. The record shall also state what animals 
are for immediate slaughter, for use as breeding animals, for 
feeding or pasturing or for work. Transportation companies 
shall make this report to the State Veterinarian at the close 
of each month. 

Regulation 14. Every graduate veterinarian and every county 
and city health officer shall promptly report all infectious and 
contagious diseases of live stock to the State Veterinarian. 

Regulation 15. No person or transportation company shall 
ship into Alabama animals for (1) immediate slaughter and (2r) 
animals for breeding, feeding, dairying or other purposes in the 
same car or same part of a boat. Animals for immediate slaugh- 
ter, not having a health certificate, shall be kept separated from* 
all other animals. 



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Regulation 16. Railroads or other transportation companies 
shipping animals through the State of Alabama and unloading 
such animals in Alabama for the purpose of feeding and watering 
them, shall maintain separate loading and unloading chutes and 
pens, and said chutes and pens shall be used exclusively for 
unloading and feeding animals being shipped through Alabama. 
Said chutes and pens shall be located and so designated as such 
by the transportation company and reported to the State Veteri- 
narian. Said chutes and pens shall be quarantined by the Stats 
Veterinarian or an Assistant State Veterinarian. No animal 
when once placed in said pen or pens shall be removed to any 
part or place in Alabama without first being inspected and a 
written permit issued therefor by the State Veterinarian or an 
Assistant State Veterinarian. 

Regulation 17. No person owning or having in charge any 
cattle infested with cattle ticks (margaropus annulatus) shall fail 
to disinfect all the cattle in the herd, or in the pasture or on the 
farm within seven days after being notified to do so by the State 
Veterinarian, an Assistant State Veterinarian or a State Live 
Stock Inspector. The word disinfection, as here used, means that 
every external part of the animal shall be thoroughly covered, 
rubbed, sprayed, washed or dipped with crude or refined oil, oil 
emulsion, or an approved arsenical cattle dip or some approved 
and efficient material that will kill the cattle ticks on the cattle. 

Regulation 18. The annual regulations and amendments 
thereof of the United States Department of Agriculture concern- 
ing interstate transportation of live stock are hereby adopted as 
a portion of the regulations of this board during such time as said 
regulations are in force, in so far as said regulations conform to 
the Live Stock Sanitary Laws of Alabama and the regulations of 
the Live Stock Sanitary Board of Alabama. 

Regulation 19. When necessity demands the movement of 
cattle into counties where tick eradication is being conducted, the 
-following plans may be adopted. 

/A. The cattle shall be cleaned of ticks and greased or dipped 
before being put into a car or boat or other conveyance at the 
shipping point. 

JB. At some railroad station or designated place in the county 



into which the cattle are taken or shipped, the cattle shall be 
dipped once or thoroughly greased with an efficient oil emulsion, 
or twice with standard arsenical dip, giving an interval of five to 
ten days between the two dippings. 

C. The cattle shall be driven to a pasture or place where they 
shall be quarantined and there greased or dipped once a week or 
as often as the inspector may require to eradicate ticks on 
premises. 

The expenses incurred in doing the dipping, greasing, etc., shall 
be borne by the owner or shipper or the transportation company. 

In all cases where the regulations do not apply the State Vet- 
erinarian shall designate the methods to be followed in moving 
cattle into counties where tick eradication is being conducted. 

Regulation 20. In the counties of Alabama in which the 
work of tick eradication is being regularly conducted and in 
which all cattle are being handled in accordance with the Laws, 
Rules and Regulations of the Alabama Live Stock Sanitary 
Board governing the control and extermination of contagious, 
infectious and communicable diseases of Live Stock the follow- 
ing conditions will apply: 

Cattle that have been dipped regularly every two weeks for 
three months in an arsenical solution under the supervision of a 
state live stock inspector and on inspection are found free from 
cattle ticks may be furnished with a certificate signed jointly 
by the State Veterinarian and an Inspector of the Bureau of 
Animal Industry entitling the owner of said cattle so certified 
to drive them over the public road to the railroad dipping vat 
in which said cattle are again dipped in an arsenical solution 
under the supervision of a Bureau Inspector in a dipping vat 
approved by the Secretary of Agriculture which is located in 
connection with the stock pens so that after dipping, said cattle 
may be handled only through non-infected pens and chutes into 
cleaned and disinfected cars, after which they may be shipped 
into the free area in accordance with the regulations of the 
United States Secretary of Agriculture for purposes other than 
immediate slaughter. 

Regulation 21. On and after March 1, 1912, tuberculin of 
all kinds, mallein, anthrax vaccine, black leg vaccine, hog cholera 



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serum; tetanus antitoxin, bacterins, and rabies virus shall have the 
indorsement of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry 
and the State Veterinarian of Alabama before said product shall 
be sold in Alabama. 

Regulation 22. Tick infested horses, mules or cattle shall 
not be brought into Alabama. 

THE CODE OF ALABAMA, 1907, VOL. 1, CHAPTER 22. 

Health and Quarantine — Article 4. Live Stock Sanitary Board. 
Sections 757-770. Went Into Effect May 1, 1908. 

757. State Live Stock Sanitary Board Established. — The 
Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Ala- 
bama, the professor of animal industry, and the professor of vet- 
erinary science of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, shall con- 
stitute a board to be known as the State Live Stock Sanitary 
Board. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall 
be chairman and the veterinarian on the board shall be secretary 
of the board. 

758. Powers Generally. — The State Live Stock Sanitary 
Board shall have full power to make or enact such rules and reg- 
ulations as they may deem necessary for governing the movement,, 
transportation or disposition of live stock that may be quaran- 
tined as hereinafter provided on account of being affected with,, 
or exposed to, a contagious or communicable disease, or on ac- 
count of being infected or infested with the carrier or carriers- 
of the cause or causes of a contagious, infectious, or communi- 
cable disease of live stock. 

759. State Veterinarian and Assistants. — The professor of 
Veterinary Science of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute shall be 
State Veterinarian of Alabama. The State Veterinarian shall, by 
and with the advice and consent of the State Live Stock Sani- 
tary Board, nominate as many assistant State Veterinarians 
and State Live Stock Inspectors as they may deem necessary 
and as the funds at their disposal shall permit. 

760. Quarantine Stalls or Lots, Notice of Establishing. — The 
State Veterinarian shall quarantine a stall, lot, yard, pasture, 
field, town, city, township, county, or any part of the State ef 
Alabama, when he shall determine the fact the live stock in such 



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place or places are affected with a contagious, infectious, or com- 
municable disease, or when said live stock are infested, or in- 
fected, with the carrier, or carriers, of a contagious, infectious, or 
communicable disease. The State Veterinarian or an assistant 
veterinarian shall give written or printed notices of the establish- 
ment of said quarantine to the owners or keepers of said live stock, 
and to any officer or agent of railroad, steamboat or other trans- 
portation companies doing business in or through the quarantined 
part or parts of the State. 

761. Transportation of Live Stock Under Quarantine. — No 
railroad company, or the owners or masters of any steam or other 
vessel or boat, shall receive for transportation or shall transport 
live stock from any quarantined district into any other part of 
Alabama except as hereinafter provided. No person, corporation 
or company, shall deliver live stock for transportation to any 
railroad company or sailing or steam vessel or boat, in a quaran- 
tined district of Alabama, except as hereinafter provided. No 
person, company or corporation shall drive or cause to be driven 
live stock on foot, or transport live stock in a private conveyance 
or cause live stock to be transported in a private conveyance from 
a quarantined district to a non-quarantined part of Alabama, ex- 
cept as hereinafter provided. Live stock may be moved within 
the limits of a quarantined district of Alabama only under and in 
compliance with, the rules and regulations of the Live Stock San- 
itary Board. It shall be unlawful to move or to allow to be moved, 
any live stock from one place to another within the limits of a 
quarantined district or from a quarantined district to a non-quar- 
antined district of Alabama, in any other manner or method, or 
under any conditions other than prescribed by the rules and reg- 
ulations of the Live Stock Sanitary Board. 

762. Live Stock Brought Into State Accompanied by Health 
Certificate. — All live stock except such live stock as are to be used 
for immediate slaughter, when brought into Alabama by a person,, 
company, corporation, railroad, or other transportation companies, 
shall be accompanied by a certificate of health, and said certificate 
of health shall state that said animal or animals are free of con- 
tagious, infectious, or communicable disease and the carrier or 
carriers of the cause or causes of such diseases. This certiffcate 



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must be made by a qualified veterinarian immediately after he has 
personally examined the live stock and before the live stock have 
been shipped into Alabama. This certificate shall be attached to, 
and accompany, the shipping bill of the live stock to the place to 
which the live stock are shipped, and the owner of the live stock 
or agent of the transportation company shall mail or send said 
certificate to the State Veterinarian immediately following the 
arrival of live stock at its place of destination. The State Vet- 
erinarian shall furnish qualified veterinarians and transportation 
company with blank health certificates at actual cost. 

763. Cleaning and Disinfecting Infected or Infested Places. 
— Owners, renters, or parties in possession of quarantined live 
stock or quarantined places shall follow the directions in the rules 
and regulations of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board in clean- 
ing and disinfecting infected live stock and infested or infected 
quarantined places and in destroying the carriers of the cause of 
a contagious, infectious or communicable disease, that infest or 
infect live stock and quarantined places. Said cleaning of said live 
stock and the disinfecting of said places, and destroying of said 
carriers shall be done by the owners or the persons in possession 
of the infected live stock and places, in a reasonable time after 
receiving a written or printed notice from the State Veterinarian, 

.an assistant Veterinarian, or State Live Stock Inspector. 

764. Veterinarians or Assistants May Enter Premises to Ex- 
ecute Quarantine Laws. — The State Veterinarian, the assistant 
State Veterinarian, and the State Live Stock Inspectors may enter 
upon the premises or into any barns or other buildings where live 
stock are temporarily or permanently kept in the State of Ala- 
bama in the discharge of the duties prescribed in this article. Xo 
person, or persons, shall assault, resist, oppose, prevent, impede 
or interfere with the State Veterinarian, an assistant Veterinarian, 
or a State Live Stock Inspector in the execution of his or their 
duties, or on account of the execution of his or their duties. 

765. Cattle Ticks, or Other Infectious, Contagious, or Com- 
municable Disease of Live Stock; Eradication of. — The work of 
cattle tick eradication or the suppression or eradication of any 
other infectious, contagious or communicable disease of live stock 
shall be taken up under the provision of this article in any county 



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or any part of a county or any part of the State of Alabama, 
when the State Live Stock Sanitary Board may deem it best. The 
county commissioners of any county in which the State or Fed- 
eral authorities take up the work of tick eradication or the sup- 
pression of any infectious, contagious or communicable disease of 
live stock, may appropriate for aiding in such work, such sum asi 
the county commissioners may deem adequate and necessary. 

766. Federal V eterinarians Appointed. — The State Live Stock 
Sanitary Board may appoint or elect the Federal veterinarians 
and live stock inspectors who are doing work in Alabama, as 
assistant State Veterinarians and State Live Stock Inspectors,, 
provided they consent to act without pay from the State of 
Alabama. 

767. Annual Appropriation for Expenses of Live Stock San- 
itary Board. — There is appropriated annually the sum of five 
thousand dollars to be disbursed under the direction of the State 
Live Stock Sanitary Board to pay the actual expenses of the State 
Veterinarian in attending meetings, to pay for the printing of the 
official blanks, the annual report of the State Veterinarian, and 
the rules and regulations of the State Live Stock Sanitary Boards 
to pay the State Veterinarian five hundred dollars per year and 
expenses while on actual duty, and each assistant State Veterina- 
rian five dollars per day and expenses while on actual duty, and. 
each State Live Stock Inspector one to three dollars per day and 
expenses while on actual duty; and to pay such other expenses 
as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this article. 

768. Grand Juries, Charge to; Inquisitorial Powers of. — The- 
judges of the circuit and criminal courts shall give the preceding- 
sections in special charge to each future grand jury empaneled in: 
this State, and such grand jury shall be clothed with, and author- 
ized to, exercise inquisitorial power for carrying out and enforce- 
ment of this article. 

769. Annual Report to Governor. — The State Veterinarian 
shall make an annual report to the Governor of Alabama, giving- 
a full acount of the work done and a detailed report of the money 
expended. 

770. Counties Exempt from Provisions of Article. — None of 
the provisions of this article shall apply to or be put in force in el 



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county where the majority of its area is not under a stock law, or 
a law prohibiting cattle from running at large. 

(No. 63.) AN ACT (S. 56.) 

To Amend Section 770 of the Code of Alabama, 1907. 
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama, That Section 770, 
of the Code of Alabama, 1907, be and the same is hereby amended 
so as to read as follows: 

770. Counties Exempt from Provisions of Article. — None of 
the provisions of this article relating to the work of cattle tick 
eradication shall apply to or be put in force in a county where the 
majority of its area is not under a stock law prohibiting cattle 
from running at large. 

Approved August 20, 1909. 
Official, 

Frank N. Julian, 

Secretary of State. 

(No. 194.) AN ACT (H. 90.) 

To amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act to establish 
a State Live Stock Sanitary Board and the office of State Vet- 
erinarian in order to further protect live stock from contagious 
and infectious diseases; and to provide for eradicating and ex- 
cluding such diseases from this State." Approved August 6, 1907. 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama, That 
an act to establish a State Live Stock Sanitary Board and the 
office of State Veterinarian in order to further protect live stock 
from contagious and infectious diseases and to provide for erad- 
icating and excluding such diseases from Alabama, approved 
March 12, 1907, shall be amended by adding Section 16, to read 
as follows : That whenever the courts of County Commissioners 
or the Board of Revenue, as the case may be, in any county of 
this State shall enter an order providing that the provisions of 
this act be put in force in the county, in which said Court of 
County Commissioners or Board of Revenue hold office, the said 
county shall be placed under the provisions of said act. 

Approved August 25, 1909. 
\ Frank N. Julian, 

Official: 

Secretary of State. \ 



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(No. 351.) AN ACT (H. 334.) 

To amend an act approved August 26th; 1909, entitled an act to 
amend section 7083 of the code of Alabama of 1907. 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama, That 
an act entitled an act to amend section 7083 of the code of Ala- 
bama of 1907 approved August 26th; 1909, be and the same is 
hereby amended so as to read as follows : 

7083. Violations of Health and Quarantine Laws of Live 
Stock, Penalty for. — Any person, firm or corporation who shall 
drive, move, carry, or transport or cause to be driven, moved, car- 
ried or transported in violation of the quarantine laws of this 
State, or in violation of the rules or the regulations of the State 
Live Sock Sanitary Board, or who shall drive, carry, move or 
transport, or cause to be driven, moved, carried or transported, 
any live stock into or from any quarantine district, or who brings 
or causes to be brought into the State any live stock without be- 
ing accompanied by a health certificate for the live stock so 
brought into the State as provided by the law; or who fails and 
refuses, without just cause and legal excuse, to cleanse and disin- 
fect any infected or infested place in which live stock are kept, 
when directed or requested by the State Live Stock Sanitary 
Board, the State Veterinarian or assistants, so to do, pursuant to 
the rules and regulations established by said State Live Stock 
Sanitary Board, or who resists or interferes with such board. 
State Veterinarian, or assistants, or State Live Stock Inspector, 
in the execution of his or their duties, or who otherwise violates 
any of the quarantine laws of this State for live stock, or who 
fails or refuses without just cause or legal excuse to perform any 
©f the duties required of him by such laws ; or who impedes or 
prevents or attempts to so impede or prevent the execution of such 
laws, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction shall 
be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars 
($500.00) and may be imprisoned or sentenced to hard labor for 
not more than six months. - 



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DIPPING VATS. 

Location. — The vat should be located at a convenient place 
where the ground is readily drained away from the vat. If the 
vat is to be a county or public one, locate it near some cross-roads 
or at a place near a public highway where the cattle from neigh- 
boring farms, fields and pastures can reach the vat without being 
driven over or through private fields or pastures. It is also best 
to have the long way of the vat run the level way of the ground 
and never attempt to run the vat up and down the hill or incline 
of the ground unless the incline be very slight. 
--The Ground Hole. — The hole should be dug 1 foot longer, 1 
wider and 6 inches deeper than the respective length, width and 
depth of the vat to be built. It will be seen by referring to the 
different outlines of vats in this bulletin that some are only 12 
feet long at the bottom. This is 1 to 2 feet too short, since we 
have found by experience that some cattle may jump off the slide 
and land in shallow dip on the incline and injure their limbs or 
feet. This is especially true when the dip gets low in the vat. 
Hence it is best to have the bottom of the vat 13 to 14 feet long, 
and this will require the top to be 28 to 30 feet long, not including 
the length of the slide. 

Therefore, the vat should be at least 28 feet long (and 4 feet 
for the slide) at the top, 14 feet long at the bottom and 36 inches 
wide at the top ; 1 8 inches wide at the bottom and not less than 
6 feet deep in the ground, with 1 to 3 feet above the ground on 
the sides. For such a vat the hole should be dug 29 feet long 
(plus 4 feet for the slide) at the top; 15 feet long at the bottom; 
4 feet wide at the top and 30 inches wide at the bottom and Q 1 /* 
feet deep. 

Use stakes and lines to lay off the top limits of the hole. Two 
lines, one on each side, a cross line at each end' and a cross line at 
each end of the 14 feet corresponding to the limits of the bottom. 
In digging the hole great care should be taken to make the sides 
smooth and even, and the slide and incline should be even and 
regular. Irregularities and uneven places in the hole will require 
more cement, and hence will add to the cost of the vat. 

The Forms. — Braces are made of 2x4 as shown in Fig. 2. 
The braces should be 2 to 3 feet apart and about 8 feet long, 34 



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inches wide (from outside to outside) at the top of the ground 
and 16 inches wide at the bottom. Notice in the cut that each 
brace is nailed to a 2x4 — 8 feet long, and the ends of this 2x4 are 
nailed to stakes driven into the ground. This firmly fixes each 
brace. It will take 5 to 6 long braces for the deep part (14 feet 
part) and shorter ones will be required for the incline and the 
slide parts. Braces should not be placed until the cement has 
been laid in the bottom and on the incline. The braces are then 
placed and the lower 1x10 or 1x12 planks are cut and placed as 
shown in Fig 1 above the "side form for vat." The first row 
of lower planks can be nailed on, but the remaining side planks 
should be lightly tacked on if they run even and straight. Notice 
that it is best to make the joints at the 14 foot brace. As a rule, 
it is best to put on the side and end planks as the grouting or 
mortar is put in and tamped. This will enable one to see that 
the concrete is properly tamped, and that the wire is kept in 
place when it is used to reinforce the sides. 

Mixing the Concrete. — It is best to have a mortar box 1 foot 
deep, 4 feet wide and 6 to 8 feet long. A mortar platform 8 by 10 
will do. Accurately measure the cement, sand and gravel or small 
stones or broken up brick. If the vat is to be reinforced and to 
be plastered with strong cement after the form is removed, 1 part 
of cement, 3 parts of sand and 5 parts of gravel or rock may be 
used. If the vat is not to be plastered, use 1 part of cement, 2/^ 
parts of sand and 5 parts of gravel. Most vats must be plastered. 

For each batch of concrete measure out the sand and the cement 
and mix them thoroughly while dry; then wet and mix and then 
add the wet gravel or rock; then mix until the gravel is thoroughly 
coated with cement. For the bottom and incline the concrete 
should not be too wet. If too wet it will not readily tamp into 
place and will run down the incline and delay the work. If the 
sides are to be reinforced it is best to use woven wire fencing 20 
to 30 inches wide. Place the first layers along the sides at the 
bottom, getting it down into the bottom layer of cement. When 
the tamped concrete is laid to the top of it place the next layer of 
wire netting and let its lower border slightly overlap the upper 
border of the previous layer. Keep the wire netting in or near 
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top and two at the bottom of the incline to hold the incline plank. 
As a rule, it is best to complete the laying of the concrete at one 
time, so that all the parts will set together. Some let the concrete 
in the bottom and incline set for 12 to 24 hours before laying the 
sides and end. When this is done place the first layer of wire 
netting and make rough borders of the grouting in the floor and 
incline. Also let the wire netting extend up all along the incline. 
If the vat is built 2 to 3 feet above the ground it will be necessary 
to have outside forms above the ground. These can be made full 
size and fixed at the bottom by stakes and by top cleats to the 
braces of the inside forms. The top of the side walls should be 
beveled — the outside 6 inches higher than the inside. This is 
especially necessary if the wall stops at the top of the ground 
and lap splash boards are to be used. 

In dry weather the forms may be removed carefully after 24? 
hours, but in wet weather let the forms remain two to six days. 

Plastering Inside. — After the forms are removed dampen bot- 
tom, incline, walls and end and plaster the entire inside of the 
vat with a well mixed mortar made of one part cement and two 
parts sand. Let this coat be at least one-half inch thick. 

If it is desired to waterproof the inside of the vat, paint it over 
three times a day for three days with a heavy crude petroleum 
that contains an asphalt base. This can be bought of the big oil 
companies. 

The Incline. — Planks (1 inch thick) are cut the length and 
form of the incline, and 2x4 cleats are nailed or bolted to these 
planks, about 10 to 12 inches apart. Then this false plank, 
cleated floor is put on the incline and held in place by the bolts 
imbedded in the cement at the top and bottom of the incline. 
When this wears out it can be replaced by a new one. 

The Slide. — Should be 4 feet long, with a 2 foot drop. In some 
of the plans it will be seen that the slide is 2 to 3 feet long and 
that is correct for all but milch cows. Cows on short, abrupt 
slides permit their front feet to slide forward before they jump, 
and then they slide into the vat on the body, scraping and bruis- 
ing the udder and teats. The longer and less steep slide prevents 
this trouble. Making a double slide may also obviate this serious 
defect. The floor of the slide may be covered with sheet iron 



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one-fourth of an inch thick. If the cement is properly laid this 
iron is not required. It is well to make a sufficient rise in the 
concrete at the entranee of the slide to prevent surface water from 
flowing into the vat. 

The Dripping Pen — Should be 10x12 feet or 10x15 feet and 
placed at the end of the incline. Some of the dirt from the hole 
can be used to level up the ground. This dirt should be well 
tamped. The concrete should be laid so that the dripping solu- 
tion from the cattle will all run to a corner next to the vat, where 
it can run out through a 1)4 inch pipe into a barrel in which the 
solid particles can settle and the top part can be dipped out with 
a. bucket and returned to the vat. The outer borders of the drain- 
ing pen should be raised 2 to 3 inches to prevent the wasting of 
the dip. The upper end of the incline should be raised 3 to 4 
inches to prevent all material from running back into the vat. 
The draining pen should be surrounded with a good plank fence 
not less than 6 feet high. In it must be a good strong outlet 
gate. The dripping pen should be covered to prevent rain water 
from flowing into the barrel and tank. It is also essential that 
the vat be covered to prevent evaporation and keep out rain water. 

If the side walls of the vat are not raised 2 to 3 feet above the 
ground the top of the concrete wall at the ground level should be 
beveled and posts are then set (2 feet in ground) close up to the 
wall. Then 1x6 boards are lapped and nailed on the inside of 
the pests just as siding is put on a house. The lower board laps 
over the bevel of the concrete wall. These same posts may be 
high enough to support the roof or the posts may be cut off at the 
to]3 of the splash boards and other posts may be set some 2 to 3 
feet from the side of the tank (6 to 8 feet high) and on these may 
be placed the roof over the vat. Hinged covers for the vat may 
be made as suggested in Fig. 1. These hinge covers serve also as 
splash boards. The objections to the hinge covers are that they 
are in the way when one wants to get at the vat, and they are 
difficult to handle and liable to get out of order. 

The Chute — Should be 20 or more feet long and 30 inches wide. 
The boards should be nailed on the inside of the posts. It is also 
wise to have a good, strong receiving pen connected with the 
entrance chute and another holding or retaining pen connected 
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MATERIALS FOR VAT. 

Portland cement, 36 to 44 sacks. 

Sand, 4j^2 cubic yards. 

Gravel, fine broken rock or broken brick, 7 cubic yards. 

FOR DRIPPING PEN. 

Cement, 8 to 20 sacks. 

Sand, 2 to 3 cubic yards. 

Gravel or stone, 3 to 4 cubic yards. 

In some places "pit-run" gravel, or gravel as it comes from the 
gravel-pit, is used. This works alright if the sand is good and 
there is no clay in the mixture and there is a proper amount of 
gravel. One part of cement is then mixed with six parts of "pit- 
run" gravel. For the vat and dripping pen it would take 12 to 
16 yards of "pit-run" gravel. Never use "pit-run" gravel unless 
some good authority assures you that it is the proper mixture of 
sand and gravel. 

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12 to 16 pieces 1x12 inches, 14 feet long, or the equivalent in 
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8 to 10 pieces 1x12 inches, 14 feet long, or the equivalent in 
1x6, 1x8 or 1x10. 

2 pieces 1x12 inches, 9 feet long, or the equivalent in 1x6, 
1x8, or 1x10. 

2 pieces 1x12 inches, 6 feet long, or the equivalent in 1x6, 
1x8, or 1x10. 

2 pieces 1x12 inches, 4 feet long, or the equivalent in 1x6, 
1x8, or 1x10. 

30 pieces 2x4 inches, 8 feet long. 

2 pieces 2x4 inches, 7 feet long. 

2 pieces 2x4 inches, 6 feet long. 

2 pieces 2x4 inches, 4 feet long. 

2 pieces 2x4 inches, 2 feet long. 

8 to 12 posts, 8 to 10 feet long, will support roof over the vat. 

The sheeting and rafters for roof may be made from the 2x4 
braces, and the 1-inch plank in the forms and the roof may be 
covered with galvanized iron, shingles, or tar paper. 

6 posts 8 feet long. 

2 posts 10 feet long. 

1 post 12 feet long. 

These will support the roof over the dripping pen. 

The rafters may be obtained from the braces and part of the 
sheeting for the roof from the forms. Cover with galvanized iron, 
shingles or tar paper. 

LUMBER FOR CHUTE. 

8 posts, 7 to 8 feet long. 

12 pieces, 1x6, 12 feet long. 

12 pieces, 1x6, 8 feet long. 

Lumber for receiving and retaining pens will vary with the 
size. The receiving pens can be built with posts, woven wire 
fence and barb wire. 

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I piece l*/2 inch pipe, 6 inches long. 

1 — lYz inch elbow. 

1 piece iy 2 inch pipe, 4 to 8 feet long. 

These pipes should have threads on one end or both ends. 

ARSENICAL DIP FOR KILLING TICKS ON CATTLE. 

Arsenic Trioxide, 1 lb, or for dip. tank 8 lbs. 

Sodium Carbonate, 3 lbs., or for dip. tank 24 lbs. 

Pine Tar, 1 pint, or for dip tank 1 gallon. 

Water, 60 gallons, or for dip. tank 500 gallons. 

Dissolve the 3 pounds of carbonate of soda in 4 or 5 gallons 
of hot water; then add the 1 pound of arsenic and boil and stir 
for 20 to 30 minutes, remove from the fire ; the tar is then warmed 
^ind added slowly and stir the dip vigorously at the same time. 
Next add sufficient hot water to make the entire quantity meas- 
ure 6 gallons and 1 quart. This is a strong solution and is very 
poisonous, and should be kept in a well-covered wooden barrel 
or keg. To get it ready for use take one pint, one quart, or one 
gallon and add nine pints, nine quarts or nine gallons of hot 
water to it. In ether words, dilute the stock solution by adding 
nine times as much hot or warm water to it and then it is ready 
for use. 

It may be used by applying it all over the cattle with swab or 
spray; or it may be used in a dipping vat or tank. In making 
it for dipping vat dissolve 24 pounds of carbonate of soda in 30 
to 40 gallons of hot water, then add 8 pounds of arsenic and' stir 
and boil for 30 minutes ; remove the fire from under and 
around the kettle and let the kettle and its contents 
cool for 10 to 20 minutes; then add the warm tar and pour 
it into the dip slowly, stirring it at the same time. This can be 
placed in dipping vat and sufficient water added to make the 
entire quantity measure 500 gallons. Make this quantity four 
times and the tank will contain 2,000 gallons; or five times and 
it will contain 2,500 gallons. The dipping tank should be meas- 
ured and marks placed so as to tell how much it will require to 
fill it, or what it contains at different levels. 

Cattle to which this arsenical dip is applied should be placed 
in a pen or lot where there is no feed or grass, so that the dip will 



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not drip on the feed or grass. The dip is poisonous and should 
not be handled carelessly. 

Some prefer filling the vat with water so that the water in the 
vat is 5 to 5^2 feet deep. The water is measured as it is put 
into the vat or the number of gallons of water in it determined 
by adding the length in inches of the vat at the top water line 
to the length of the vat at the bottom and dividing this product 
by 2 to get the average length. Now add the width in inches at 
the top water line and the bottom of the vat and divide by 2 to 
get the average width in inches. Then multiply the average 
lengh by the average width and this product by the depth of the 
water in inches, and this product will be the number of cubic 
inches of water in the vat. Divide this number of cu'bic inches 
of water in the vat by 231 (the number of cubic inches in a 
gallon) and the result will be the number of gallons of water in 
the vat. For example: 

The top water line may be 26 feet or 312 inches. 

The bottom water line may be 14 feet or 168 inches. 

312 plus 168 equals 480, divided by 2 equals 240 inches, tbfe 
average length. 

The width at top of water may be 34 inches. 

The width at the bottom is 18 inches. 

18 plus 34 equals 52, divided by 2 equals 26 inches, the average 
width. 

5^2 feet or 66 inches equals the depth of the water in the tank. 

240x26x66 equals 421,840 cubic inches of water in the vat. 

421,840 divided by 231 equals 1,826 gallons of water in the vat. 

By calculation it is found that 1.6 per cent of the number of 
gallons in the vat will give the number of pounds of arsenic re- 
quired to make the dip the required strength. Hence, l,826x.016 
equals 29.21 pounds of arsenic trioxide will be required and three 
times as much sodium carbonate, or 29.21x3 equals 87.63 pounds 
of commercial sodium carbonate and 3% gallons of pine tar. 

The arsenic, carbonate of soda and tar may each be divided 
into three or more equal parts and each batch cooked and mixed 
as above directed, taking the required gallons of water 
from the tank to be used in the kettles for that purpose. Be 
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concentrated mixture as there were gallons of water removed. 
If some water is lost in boiling, add sufficient water to make 
up for the loss. 

The dip in the vat will decrease from dipping, and from time 
to time it should be added to or replenished. This can be done 
by measuring the water poured into the vat to raise it to the 
required depth. Then take 1.6 per cent of the number of gallons 
of water added, and this will be the number of pounds of trioside 
of arsenic to add; multiply the number of pounds of arsenic thus 
obtained by three and this will give the quantity of commercial 
carbonate of soda needed. Add one pint of pine tar for every one 
pound of arsenic added. 

Approximately the following will suffice: 

Water. Arsenic. Soda. Pine tar. 

For 60 gallons 1 pound 3 poudids 1 pint 

For 120 gallons 2 pounds 6 pounds 2 pints 

For 180 pounds 3 pounds 9 pounds 3 pints 

For 240 gallons 4 pounds 12 pounds 4 pints 

For 300 gallons 5 pounds 15 pounds 5 pints 

When the old dip is to be thrown away and the vat cleaned 
(this must be done once or twice a year), it should be done with 
care. The old dip can be run or poured into a large run or 
brook or creek when the latter is full of running water that 
will quickly dilute the solution. The sediment in the bottom of 
the tank should be carefully placed in some hole in the ground 
away from wells or drinking water. It would be safe to throw 
it into a creek that has a good flow of water. 

Dr. Dalrymple, of Louisiana, has devised a means of neutral- 
izing the arsenic in the old dip before it is thrown away. He 
says add 6 pounds of slaked lime for each 100 gallons of the old 
dip. Mix this in the solution in the vat thoroughly and allow it 
to stand for 2 hours. Then for every 100 gallons of the dip add 
6 pounds of commercial sulphate of iron that has just been dis- 
solved in hot water; stir well and allow to stand 10 to 12 hours. 
The clear fluid on top will contain no arsenic and can be dipped 
out of the vat and thrown away. The arsenic has united with 
the iron and sunk to the bottom as an insoluble and harmless 
sediment. This sediment can be removed and put in a hole or 



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thrown into the creek. The vat is cleaned and refilled with new, 
freshly made dip. 

OIL EMULSION FOR KILLING CATTLE TICKS 

ON CATTLE. 

This is made by using crude petroleum, Beaumont oil or Gulf 
Refining Oil. Do not use the thick black oil as it will not emulsify. 

(1) Take one pound of hard soap and dissolve it in one gal- 
lon of hot, free-stone, or soft, or rain water; then add one gallon 
of crude petroleum; place in a ten-gallon can or keg and stir 
vigorously. When thoroughly emulsified add two gallons of hot 
or warm water and stir. When tepid or milk warm it is ready to 
apply with a swab, rags or by a spray. This makes a 25 per 
cent emulsion. 

(2) An 80 per cent stock emulsion is made by dissolving one 
pound of hard soap in one gallon of hot water and then add four 
gallons of the oil; stir vigorously. To make a 25 per cent solu- 
tion, take one pint, one quart or one gallon of the 80 per cent 
stock emulsion and add two and one-fifth times as much warm 
water to it. This makes a 25 per cent emulsion, but does not 
contain quite as much soap as when made by the first method. 

Always let the animal go into the shade immediately after ap- 
plying any oil or emulsion, as this will prevent blistering. Also 
see that the cattle get plenty of good drinking water. Never 
apply oil or emulsion to cattle having tick fever or a high tem- 
perature. If the oil is good and the emulsion properly made it 
will kill all the ticks except the large ones, and they should be 
picked off and destroyed at the time the emulsion is applied. 
The emulsion should be thoroughly applied all over every part' 
of the external surface of the body, as often as live ticks are 
found on the animal — at least every one, two or three weeks. It 
can be applied by hand, by spray or in a dipping tank. The quan- 
tity of the emulsion required to cover an animal will vary from 
one quart to one gallon depending upon the size of the animal, 
length of the hair and the way it is applied. The inspectors will 
tell you where to get spray pumps and how to use them and will 
tell you how to make dipping vats and how to make and apply 
emulsions. Your merchant can order for you or sell you the crude 



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petroleum. In order to kill ticks you must watch the cattle and 
apply the emulsion thoroughly and regularly. 

HOW ANY COUNTY IN ALABAMA CAN TAKE UP THE 
WORK OF TICK ERADICATION. 

The law provides that any county in Alabama can begin the 
work by the County Commissioners or Board of Revenue passing 
an order to that effect and requesting the State and Federal au- 
thorities to co-operate with the county. 

The first thing the county should do is to build public dipping 
vats in all parts of the county in sufficient number to make it con- 
venient for all the cattle of the county to be dipped conveniently 
once every two weeks during the spring, summer and fall. Some 
counties furnish all the materials and build the vats. Other coun- 
ties furnish the cement, sand and gravel and the people build the 
vats under the direction of an inspector. Other counties furnish 
only the cement and the people supply the sand, gravel, plank 
and work to build the vats. 

The veterinary inspector in charge of the county is usually paid 
by the federal or state authorities and the local or beat or district 
inspectors are paid by the county. The county also furnishes the 
arsenic, the carbonate of soda and the pine tar to make the ar- 
senical dipping solution to fill the vats. The inspectors mix the 
ingredients and boil them and fill the vat and conduct the dipping. 

THE FIRST YEAR. 

Each county should build and fill 70 to 100 different vats. To 
do that it will take $3,000 to $6,000. It will take 6 to 10 in- 
spectors to make farm to farm inspections and see that all cattle 
in the country are dipped regularly every two weeks. The govern- 
ment or the State will supply the trained veterinary inspector in 
charge. The remaining 6 to 10 local inspectors will cost the 
county $4,000 to $6,000 a year. 

Some counties build the vats one year and the next year put on 
a fu'll force of inspectors and thus clean the county of ticks in 
two years. Other counties, outside of Alabama, have built the 
vats and put on a large number of inspectors and cleaned a county 
of ticks in one year. This is the cheapest method providing the 
people will co-operate regularly and efficiently. Does it pay? 



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As a rule the eattle ticks destroy every year from 3 to 20 times 
as much as it costs to eradicate the ticks. It has been proved be- 
yond question that cattle and ticks can not be profitably raised in 
the South. Hence the cattle industry and indirectly the live 
stock industry of the South depends upon the eradication of the 
cattle tick. 

Madison County Alabama has eradicated the tick and the 
United States Government will lift the quarantine on that county 
and puts its cattle on a world market. This year about 18 coun- 
ties were cleaned of cattle ticks in Mississippi. Texas, Georgia, 
South Carolina, Tennessee and Oklahoma have each cleaned from 
8 t© 5 counties of cattle ticks during 1912. The work is going 
forward and the federal government will appropriate more money 
to help the infested states and counties that will co-operate. 
Every county in Alabama should take up this work at once and 
make short work of it. 



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REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE SHIPMENTS OF 
LIVE STOCK INTO ALABAMA. 

1. The Regulation Uniform health certificate must be used 
as issued by the State Veterinarian of Alabama or Bureau of An- 
imal Industry. 

2. Every health certificate must be filled out in every detail, 
otherwise it is void. 

3. Horses, mules and asses must be inspected and mallein 
tested if exposed to glanders and a health certificate issued in 
duplicate, by a legally qualified veterinarian indorsed by his State 
Veterinarian All cases of glanders, pneumonia, bronchitis, nasal 
catarrh, influenza, so called shipping fever and all other infectious 
and contagious diseases, must not be brought into Alabama. 
Designate each animal, as mare, gelding, stallion, jack, jennet, 
horse or mare mule. 

4. All cattle over six months old, except those for immediate 
slaughter, must be tuberculin tested and the temperature records 
sent to the State Veterinarian. Calves from tuberculosis mothers, 
or herds, cannot come into Alabama. Feeders may be brought in 
on affidavit of owner that he will keep them separated from all 
other cattle during feeding period and then ship them for slaugh- 
ter. Uniform Certificate issued in duplicate. 

5. Hogs must be inspected. Uniform Certificate in duplicate 
stating no exposure to any infectious or contagious disease, as 
cholera, swine plagu>e, etc. 

6. Sheep — Uniform Health Certificate in duplicate. 

7. Dogs — Uniform Health Certificates in duplicate. 

8. No ticky horses, mules or cattle can be brought into Ala- 
bama. 

9. Who May Inspect. — Any legally qualified veterinarian who 
is indorsed by his State Veterinarian, or by the Bureau of Animal 
Industry. All certificates must be sent to Dr. C. A. Gary, State 
Veterinarian, Auburn, Alabama — the duplicate by the railroad 
agent and the original by the inspector. 



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Calls for inspection, etc 3 

Quarantine and movements of cattle 4 

Disinfection of cars, boats, etc 4 

Disinfection of horses and mules 4 

Quarantine of cases of glanders 5 

Tuberculous cattle, quarantine of, etc 5 

Shipping of feeders into Alabama 6 

Hog cholera 6 

Anthrax, carcasses, etc 6 

Use of anthrax vaccine 7 

Scabies in sheep and dip for same 7 

Monthly reports required of all R. R. companies _ 7 
Reports of infectious diseases required of veterina- 
rians and health officers 7 

Shipment of animals for immediate slaughter and 

for breeding 7 

Unloading animals shipped through Alabama 8 

Notice to disinfect within a given time 8 

Rules and Regulations of U. S. Department of 

Agriculture apply in Alabama 8 

Movement of cattle into counties that are eradicat- 
ing ticks 8 

How to get special permits to move cattle into tick 

free territory 9 

Control of biological products 9 

No tick infested animals can be brought into 

Alabama 10 

The Alabama Live Stock Sanitary Law, etc 10-15 

How to construct a dipping vat 16-24 

How to fill a vat with arsenical dip 24-26 

How to replenish and refill a vat 26-27 

Oil Emulsion for killing ticks 27-28 

How a county can take up tick eradication work in 

Alabama . 28-29 

Requirements for shipments of animals into Ala- 
bama 30 



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